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Teheran, Iran
This was the location that Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met to discuss an invasion through the english channel. -
The D-Day Invasion
D-Day was the storming of Omaha beach. Omaha beach was heavily guarded and there were roughly 10,000 casualties. -
Liberation Of Paris
The allies took back Paris in 6 days from the Germans. The germans could not fight a 2 front war. -
Battle of the Bulge
This battle was a counter-attack ordered by Hitler. This surprise attack almost worked but having failed the German army was crippled. -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was a key victory for the allies since it was close to Japan and a great place for a base. The japanese soldiers there only lasted a moth before being defeated. -
Battle of Okinawa
This was the last major battle of WW2. This was the perfect place to prepare for the first atomic bomb and end japans resistence. -
Germany is done fighting
Hitler committed suicide because there was no hope left of winning the war and afterwards Germany gave up the fight. -
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan project was the codename for atomic bomb research. The bomb was endorsed by Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer headed the research. -
The first atomic bomb
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and 3 days later the second on Nagasaki. In total abot 150,000 people were killed frm the bombs. -
Unconditional Surrender
Japan signs an unconditional surrenders ending WW2
